AutoCAD Platform Customization (Paperback)

Lee Ambrosius

ISBN 10: 1118798813 / ISBN 13: 9781118798812

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2015

About this Item

Paperback. Customize and personalize programs built on the AutoCAD platform AutoLISP is the key to unlocking the secrets of a more streamlined experience using industry leading software programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and more. AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP provides real-world examples that show you how to do everything from modifying graphical objects and reading and setting system variables to communicating with external programs. It also features a resources appendix and downloadable datasets and customization examplestools that ensure swift and easy adoption. Find out how to remove unused buttons from the ribbon to gain screen spaceDiscover how to create macros for frequently performed actions, or add your company's logo to the bottom of every drawingLearn to perform more involved customizations, like communicating with a database to validate and update information entered in drawing layersIdeal for CAD administrators, senior drafters, savvy users, and other professionals and students Through detailed discussions and tutorials that include real-world examples, this book gives you the power to enhance your program's experience and output. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: AutoCAD Platform Customization (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118798813
• ISBN 13: 9781118798812
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Customize and personalize programs built on the AutoCAD platform

AutoLISP is the key to unlocking the secrets of a more streamlined experience using industry leading software programs like AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D, and more.

AutoCAD Platform Customization: AutoLISP provides real-world examples that show you how to do everything from modifying graphical objects and reading and setting system variables to communicating with external programs. It also features a resources appendix and downloadable datasets and customization examples―tools that ensure swift and easy adoption.

• Find out how to remove unused buttons from the ribbon to gain screen space
• Discover how to create macros for frequently performed actions, or add your company's logo to the bottom of every drawing
• Learn to perform more involved customizations, like communicating with a database to validate and update information entered in drawing layers
• Ideal for CAD administrators, senior drafters, savvy users, and other professionals and students

Through detailed discussions and tutorials that include real-world examples, this book gives you the power to enhance your program's experience and output.

About the Author

Lee Ambrosius is a Principal Learning Content Developer at Autodesk for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT products and has worked on end-user and API documentation for nine releases. He has presented customization and programming sessions at Autodesk University for a decade, and has authored and edited several AutoCAD-related books. Follow him on twitter at @leeambrosius.